indigus
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From archaic indu (“in”) + the root of egeō (“to need, want”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈin.di.ɡus/, [ˈɪn̪d̪ɪɡʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈin.di.ɡus/, [ˈin̪d̪iɡus]
Adjective edit
indigus (feminine indiga, neuter indigum); first/second-declension adjective
- needing (+ genitive or (rarely) ablative)
Declension edit
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | indigus | indiga | indigum | indigī | indigae | indiga | |
| Genitive | indigī | indigae | indigī | indigōrum | indigārum | indigōrum | |
| Dative | indigō | indigō | indigīs | ||||
| Accusative | indigum | indigam | indigum | indigōs | indigās | indiga | |
| Ablative | indigō | indigā | indigō | indigīs | |||
| Vocative | indige | indiga | indigum | indigī | indigae | indiga | |
Related terms edit
References edit
- “indigus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “indigus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers